Finding R532m: SIU’s Quest to Take Down Thapelo Buthelezi’s Ambulance Empire

Finding R532m: SIU’s quest to take down Thapelo Buthelezi’s ambulance empire

Disappearing paperwork and a slew of illegally awarded multimillion-rand Free State contracts are all part of the Special Investigating Unit’s quest to claw back millions from controversial businessman Thapelo Buthelezi – who is nowhere to be found.

SIU Freezes Luxury Gauteng Home In Bid To Recover R533M From Buthelezi-Linked Firms

Johannesburg – The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has secured a tribunal order to freeze businessman Thapelo Samuel Buthelezi’s upmarket property in Meyersdal Nature Estate, Alberton. The SIU said the move follows an earlier freeze on his company’s farm in Parys. The actions target the recovery of R532.8 million paid unlawfully by the Free State Department of Health to Buthelezi-linked firms for expired emergency medical services tenders from …

Special Tribunal freezes Sifiso Buthelezi's assets in R532m tender probe

The Special Tribunal has frozen assets linked to businessman Sifiso Buthelezi as part of an ongoing investigation into an allegedly irregular R532-million emergency medical services tender awarded by the Free State Department of Health. In an order handed down on May 4, the Special Tribunal confirmed an earlier preservation order and directed that assets linked to Buthelezi remain under restraint pending the finalisation of the matter. The Speci…